MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS

Hokitika Guardian, 25 October 1927, Page 1

MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS

(Australian it N.Z. Cable Association

■OLD CONTEMPT] ItLHS.” J.OXDOX. Out. 23. The Old C'ontein])tihles Association is planning a pilgrimage to Motts on Armistice Day. Three hundred representatives of the. unit will he present. Hattie veterans will draw up in single line to observe a two minutes, silence, then the buglers and trumpeters who were present on the first day of the battle will sound the reveille and last- post. The following Sunday there wil he a drumhead service on the spot where the lirsl Old Contempt i hies fell.

I'll K O ICItMAN STB IKK ENDS. BERLIN, October 23. The coal strike has ended. Government appointed an arbitration who awarded the miners 111 per cent increase. IXDIAX CHILD MARRIAGES. CALCUTTA, October 25. .Jadha who is promoting three bills in Bombay Legislative Counsil lo restrict child marriages, says in Bombay presidency alone there are seventy-four thousand married children under live years, of whom 3574 are widows. Nearly two thousand children are married before t hey are a, year old. The total married children between the ages of five and ten is nearly 350 thousand.

SOVIET STATEMENT. LONDON. October 23. A Riga correspondent says Karaklian addressing the Red parliament reviewing the international situation, declared the Soviet was delaying a clash with llite Bourgeois world working for the Soviets victory namely disarmament among the powers, British friction with the Dominions. proSoviet movement increasing among labourites throughout, the world and Soviet’s own increasing strength. Soviet viewing the British limpin' s discord and the Europe-A-ian disputes as of the. greatest importance. In assisting oppressed Asiatics, the Soviet had also concluded treaties with p,.,-.in and Afghanistan, which had established a Mos ( ow-Kabul telegraph and wireless station at Kabul. .More--I,v- the Soviet had secured Turkey’s friendship. t ,4tviiu.tr I'ol’orriun Itabovski. expresses the opinion that the French Uovernnioni were cutting an absurd lif'ltro. They stood on an inclined plane, lending to a. Franco-Soviet nipt ure.

CARDINAL O'DONNELL DEAD. LONDON, Oct. 22. The death is announced of Cardinal Patrick O’Donnell. Archbishop of Armagh. The late Cardinal O’Donnell was born at Kilraine. County Donegal, in |3s(i. Ho was educated at the Catholic University, Mavnooth, and was later Professor of Theology and Prelect of the Dunhoyno Establishment. Mavnooth. FT© was Rector of the Catholic University of Ireland, and was Bishop of Baphoe from 1888 to 1922 and titular Archbishop of Attaint and coadjutor to Cardinal Logtto from 1922 to 1921. TTe was made Archbishop of Armagh in 1924 and Cardinal in 1925.

POPE AND FASCISTS. LONDON. Oct. 22

The Rome correspondent, of the “Daily Telegrapli” says that there is reason to believe that the Fascist reply to the Vatican in regard to the setting up of a Papal State was dictated by Signor Mussolini. The Pope received a copy immediately. It is understood that the reply is bettor than was expected, ft is pointed out that this is the first time since 1870 that the Italian Government lots openly admitted that the Roman Catholic question still exists.

The Vatican argues that the territorial problem is not necessarily the first consideration. A solution on a juridical basis might he considered, provided that it contains the requisite external signs of sovereignty and independence. Tho Vatican specially welcomes the remark that a solution may he arduous, hut is not impossible. This is likewise the Vatican’s view-

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WELLINGTON, Oct. 24

A strong northerly wind on Saturday night necessitated the postponement of the evening athletic meeting. The weather changed suddenly on Sunday and in the afternoon developed into a strong southerly wind with cold heavy showers.

A launch got into difficulties in the heavy seas of the. harbour yesterday, ■mil drifted about helpless for several hours, it contained a party who had been fishing off Xgaliauranga in the morning. When caught, by the heavy weather the craft was carried across towards Somes Island, the engine refusing to start. The vessel finally reached shallow water, near Petono. and anchored till the sea moderated sufficiently to allow it to he beached. One of the party. John Johnson, aged 19, single, had his arm fractured while the launch was Iwing buffeted. The Union Steam Ship Coy’s launch and pilot launch in the meantime searched for Die craft but misty ram prevented them sighting the disabled launch. Several yachts also had a struggle to get hack to their moorings yesterday. The weather is continuing in milder form to-day and will seriously affect the sports and racing. Cricket fixtures were postponed till later in the season. The sky cleared temporarily this afternoon and the wind is dropping.